дебри

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic дъбрь (dŭbrĭ) : дьбрь (dĭbrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьbrь (valley, ravine), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubr-, from *dʰewbʰ- (deep).

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Noun[edit]

де́бри (débrim inan pl (genitive де́брей, plural only)

  1. thickets, jungle, wilderness, wilds, bush
  2. (figuratively) maze, labyrinth
    запу́таться в де́бряхzapútatʹsja v débrjaxto be lost in the maze (of something), to get bogged down (in a difficult problem)

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References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дебрь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “дебри”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 234